Table 1 Details of the genome assemblies of C. diphtheriae strains ISS 3319, ISS 4060, ISS 4746 and ISS 4749

Number of reads

218,328

188,708

164,106

186,176

Average read length (bp)

479

463

454

467

Size of assembly (bp)

2,366,093

2,395,664

2,379,713

2,366,484

Number of contigs

33

47

53

40

Average coverage

70x

58x

55x

66x

N50 (bp)

139,564

102,641

119,602

145,623

Average GC content (mol%)

53.53

53.61

53.46

53.45

Number of features

2,272

2,284

2,275

2,258

 - CDS

2,168

2,198

2,185

2,168

 - rRNA

3

4

4

2

 - tRNA

49

46

52

49

 - ncRNA

1

1

1

1